Catalogue
- Year
- 1965
- Dimensions
- plate 8 3/4 x 5 15/16" (22.3 x 15.1 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Omar Rayo
Artist
Sculpture
Omar Rayo was a Colombian artist who worked primarily in geometric abstraction and op art, developing a distinctive visual language of interlocking linear patterns and optical illusions. Born in 1928, he emerged as a leading figure in Latin American modernism during the postwar period, creating works on canvas and paper that explored the perceptual effects of repetition and precision. His practice was rooted in mathematical principles and a rigorous formal investigation of pattern, color, and spatial depth.
Full artist profile →More
More by Omar Rayo
6ta Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano
1983 · Color screenprint on white wove paper
Quiet (Tranquilo) from AGPA 73: Pan American Graphic Arts (AGPA 73: Artes gráficas panamericanas)
1973 · Screenprint from a portfolio of 11 screenprints (one with embossing), seven etchings (three with aquatint, one with embossing), six lithographs (one with etching), five linoleum cuts (one with embossing), one engraving, and one intaglio with embossing
Free-Fall
1966 · Charcoal and ink on paper
Untitled
1965 · Inkless intaglio and stencil
Calendario (Calendar)
1964 · Uninked intaglio
American Food No. 2 from Made in USA
1963 · Inkless intaglio from a portfolio of fifteen inkless intaglios, one with synthetic polymer paint